Monthly Archives: December 2006

NOTE 3.–The mines of _Ljwurd_ (whence _l”Azur_ and _Lazuli_) have been, like the Ruby mines, celebrated for ages. They lie in the Upper Valley of the Kokcha, called Korn, within the Tract called _Yamgn_, of which the popular etymology is … Continue reading →

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And the Rev. Mr. Jaeschke writes to me from Lahaul, in British Tibet: ‘Our Lama (from Central Tibet) tells us that the owner of a house and the members of his family when they die are carried through the house-door; … Continue reading →

The tame Yak is used across the breadth of Mongolia. Rubruquis saw them at Karakorum, and describes them well. Mr. Ney Elias tells me he found Yaks common everywhere along his route in Mongolia, between the Tui river (long. circa … Continue reading →

Wakhn_, ch The Itinerary of Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon (_Sirikol, the Pmrs and Wakhn_, ch. vi. of _Forsyth”s Mission to Yarkund in_ 1873) runs thus: ‘Left Kshgar (21st March), Yangi-Hissar, Kaskas?Pass, descent to Chihil Gumbaz (forty Domes), where the road branches off … Continue reading →

2. _Grus leucogeranus_ (?) whose chief habitat is Siberia, but which sometimes comes as far south as the Punjab. It is the largest of the genus, snowy white, with red face and beak; the ten largest quills are black, but … Continue reading →

happy in his mind, and wishing that he knew more Latin Before these three learned men must Columbus now appear, a little less happy in his mind, and wishing that he knew more Latin. Master Rodrigo, Master Joseph the Jew, … Continue reading →

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NOTE 3.–Ramusio”s edition says that what with horses and mares there will be an average of eighteen beasts (?) to every man. canine allergy skin testing recipes for christmas cookies and bars jerico custom pool cues how to make money … Continue reading →

on that morning more than four hundred years ago by the keels of Columbus”s little fleet is as smooth and trackless as it was before they clove it There are no paths or footprints left in the sea, and the … Continue reading →